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authorPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>2013-02-10 20:48:58 -0800
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2013-03-26 08:04:44 -0700
commitdae6e64d2bcfd4b06304ab864c7e3a4f6b5fedf4 (patch)
tree79172d32aab5e0cecf8fc7ab4cf1fabf14328d81 /kernel/rcutree.c
parent911af505ef407c2511106c224dd640f882f0f590 (diff)
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rcu: Introduce proper blocking to no-CBs kthreads GP waits
Currently, the no-CBs kthreads do repeated timed waits for grace periods to elapse. This is crude and energy inefficient, so this commit allows no-CBs kthreads to specify exactly which grace period they are waiting for and also allows them to block for the entire duration until the desired grace period completes. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcutree.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcutree.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 6ad0716e65dc..433f426c848f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ cpu_needs_another_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
if (rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp))
return 0; /* No, a grace period is already in progress. */
- if (rcu_nocb_needs_gp(rdp))
+ if (rcu_nocb_needs_gp(rsp))
return 1; /* Yes, a no-CBs CPU needs one. */
if (!rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL])
return 0; /* No, this is a no-CBs (or offline) CPU. */
@@ -1364,6 +1364,7 @@ int rcu_gp_fqs(struct rcu_state *rsp, int fqs_state_in)
static void rcu_gp_cleanup(struct rcu_state *rsp)
{
unsigned long gp_duration;
+ int nocb = 0;
struct rcu_data *rdp;
struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp);
@@ -1394,11 +1395,13 @@ static void rcu_gp_cleanup(struct rcu_state *rsp)
rcu_for_each_node_breadth_first(rsp, rnp) {
raw_spin_lock_irq(&rnp->lock);
rnp->completed = rsp->gpnum;
+ nocb += rcu_nocb_gp_cleanup(rsp, rnp);
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&rnp->lock);
cond_resched();
}
rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp);
raw_spin_lock_irq(&rnp->lock);
+ rcu_nocb_gp_set(rnp, nocb);
rsp->completed = rsp->gpnum; /* Declare grace period done. */
trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name, rsp->completed, "end");
@@ -3084,6 +3087,7 @@ static void __init rcu_init_one(struct rcu_state *rsp,
}
rnp->level = i;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rnp->blkd_tasks);
+ rcu_init_one_nocb(rnp);
}
}
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